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What To Do With Those First Generation Photo Frames?

Posted by Unknown on Monday October 22, 2012 @03:22PM from the beowulf-cluster-of-course dept.

First time accepted submitter icepick3000 writes "There are probably many digital photoframes unused these days laying around. Mine is from the first generation meaning you can only insert a compact flash card and display photos. Newer models nowadays can display weather, news, and stocks. Anyone have some good idea's how to give these old frames a second life? I have been thinking about compact flash cards that support wifi... maybe someone has a better idea?"

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Hack the firmware by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-22 15:58 · Score: 0, Redundant

Turn them in to cheap displays.
Many picture frames can be hacked to act as low-fps displays for Linux devices. Cheap and handy for devices lacking a traditional video out.
The smart folks over at the Doozan forum have been working in this for some time now.